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so no one is ever kicked out of the military because of [inaudible] >> when governor romney said let detroit go bankrupt we said no and we have an auto industry that came roaring back. [applause] last time i was here i said to students we're going to help you afford a college education. and we took $60 billion going to middlemen in the student loan program and we cut out the middlemen and as a consequence millions of students have benefited from lower interest rates and pell grants. [applause] today, four years after the worst economic crisis in our life times we're moving forward again. after losing 800,000 jobs a month when i took office we've added jobs over the past two years. unemployment has fallen from 8% to 7.4%. your 401-ks have started to recover. foreclosures arthur lowest. -- are at their lowest in four years. manufacturing is coming home to america, our assembly lines are starting to hum again. look, we've got a lot more work to do. but we've got to build progress and i've got a plan to grow the economy and create jobs and create security for middle class americans. i want to ex
so no one is ever kicked out of the military because of [inaudible] >> when governor romney said let detroit go bankrupt we said no and we have an auto industry that came roaring back. [applause] last time i was here i said to students we're going to help you afford a college education. and we took $60 billion going to middlemen in the student loan program and we cut out the middlemen and as a consequence millions of students have benefited from lower interest rates and pell grants....
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firefighters, which detroit needs because it has the highest rate of arson in the country, these guys are laid off. two weeks later, miraculously, 100 guys are hired. look to find at where the money came from -- is the department of homeland security helping fund a things like that. i do not want to overstate it -- that is something you want to think about. the department of homeland security is extending to keep detroit estate as it can be for the moment. it could be a lot safer. but we're talking about -- i wondered, making this film, we saw the auto industry bailout, the bank bailout, and are we heading into an era of bailouts for cities? is there such a thing as a failed city? >> more with heidi ewing sunday at 8:00. on today's "washington journal," we look at the politics of florida and the presidential campaign strategies in that at a brand state. we spoke to the state republican party chairman and florida democratic consultant. first, we talked to ryan crowley. host: starting today we are looking at battleground 2012, the nine states that hold the keys to the election. "the new
firefighters, which detroit needs because it has the highest rate of arson in the country, these guys are laid off. two weeks later, miraculously, 100 guys are hired. look to find at where the money came from -- is the department of homeland security helping fund a things like that. i do not want to overstate it -- that is something you want to think about. the department of homeland security is extending to keep detroit estate as it can be for the moment. it could be a lot safer. but we're...
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and most cars are from detroit and the seats are made of this. with plastic bottles or using this to create asphalt. we can make that within 10-15 miles. >> in 2013-2014, what will stimulate the economy? >> i introduced the first piece of legislation for biodiesel and represent the biggest renewable energy. out ofent has to ge tout oet the way so entrepreneurs can have their way. what the government needs to do is have a low, stable, predictable tax rate. we have to lower our regulation burden. when i was in business, 43 agencies regulated my trade. there is not a single company that says -- we are proud to comply with federal regulations. eventually, they would be shut down. >> what year would you say the economy will be reocvered with acceptable employment. >> we don't know who will win. if i knew that, i would be more bold. if we win the majority. we'll hold it i nthn the house, win the senate and mitt romney is president -- by the time he is up for reelection, unemployment will drop 1.5 points. >> what is an acceptable rate? >> 2%, which is a
and most cars are from detroit and the seats are made of this. with plastic bottles or using this to create asphalt. we can make that within 10-15 miles. >> in 2013-2014, what will stimulate the economy? >> i introduced the first piece of legislation for biodiesel and represent the biggest renewable energy. out ofent has to ge tout oet the way so entrepreneurs can have their way. what the government needs to do is have a low, stable, predictable tax rate. we have to lower our...
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remember just how nervous everyone was in detroit about this idea that people would stop and that's why they used chrysler as a dry run for gm. gm ended up filing a couple months later. >> we used chrysler because it was ready. jim was so big and complicated and messed up that it was not ready. when you say brute force, we were just prepared to put up money. we did not try to ram something through. the way the 363 process works, you could have or anybody could've said i will pay a dollar more than the government and it would've been yours. it was an example that there was nobody else out there. your point about the banks, i said to the banks and chrysler when we were negotiating and they wanted the 07 billion back and i said that was ridiculous, there's a process in bankruptcy where the banks could of taken their claims and since there was a senior creditor, they o could have gotten the company back with their coupons. they did not want the company or anything to do with the company because they knew the company needed a bunch more capital. they knew they would have to lay off a lot of
remember just how nervous everyone was in detroit about this idea that people would stop and that's why they used chrysler as a dry run for gm. gm ended up filing a couple months later. >> we used chrysler because it was ready. jim was so big and complicated and messed up that it was not ready. when you say brute force, we were just prepared to put up money. we did not try to ram something through. the way the 363 process works, you could have or anybody could've said i will pay a dollar...
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i was born in detroit as well. we hear "born free" every day and recognize what a privilege it is to born -- to be born here. thank you, kid rock. just before i came in here, i met another colorado great. to see todd and to see his support means the world. [applause] i am not sure how busy you have been the last few weeks. did you get a chance to watch the debates? [applause] they have supercharged our campaign. i have got to tell you that. we are in the home stretch now. i think the people of colorado will get us all the way there. what do you think? [applause] what you are seeing across the country is we have had these debates and as paul and i have gone across the nation, you are seeing this movement growing. you see people coming together to say, we love america and we recognize we can do better. some folks were holding signs saying, democrats for romney. i love that. [applause] paul and i have a few things in common. we both learned how to reach across the aisle in our elected office to find ways to work with
i was born in detroit as well. we hear "born free" every day and recognize what a privilege it is to born -- to be born here. thank you, kid rock. just before i came in here, i met another colorado great. to see todd and to see his support means the world. [applause] i am not sure how busy you have been the last few weeks. did you get a chance to watch the debates? [applause] they have supercharged our campaign. i have got to tell you that. we are in the home stretch now. i think the...
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i could have stayed in detroit like him and gotten pulled up in the car business. i went up on my own. i did not inherent money. what i have, i earned. [applause] , i will be able to talk to president richard obama in a way no one else can about how the economy works. we are one nation under god. >> that did become a debate moments in this primary season. >> right. it is an interesting moment. it is a moment i think may replicate itself in general election debates. i cannot imagine obama will let this question and the tax returns go unremarked. what you see there is a couple of things. romney really pivots. he uses the initial question to swing us over to obama and the democrats and how they are against wells, supposedly. there is also the reaction from the audience. one of the thing that was striking about this year's round of primary debates was the role of that live audience and how they became the influence and how people are perceiving them. in general election debates, the audiences seem to be much more behave. clearly, the audience played a big part in the w
i could have stayed in detroit like him and gotten pulled up in the car business. i went up on my own. i did not inherent money. what i have, i earned. [applause] , i will be able to talk to president richard obama in a way no one else can about how the economy works. we are one nation under god. >> that did become a debate moments in this primary season. >> right. it is an interesting moment. it is a moment i think may replicate itself in general election debates. i cannot imagine...
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he keeps saying i want to take detroit bankrupt. he took chrysler bankrupt. when you say i want to take the auto industry bankrupt, you actually did. i think it is important to know that was a process that was necessary to get those companies back on their feet so they could hire more people. that is what happened. >> candy, what governor romney said is not true. you wanted to take them into bankruptcy without providing them any way to stay open. we would have lost a million jobs. do not take my word for it. take the executives at gm and chrysler, some of whom are republicans. they may even support governor romney. they will tell you that would not have worked. he says he has a five-point plan. he does not. he has a one-point plan. that plan is to make sure those at the top play by a different set of rules. that has been his philosophy in the private sector, as governor, and as a presidential candidate. you can make a lot of money and pay lower tax rates than someone who makes a lot less. you can ship jobs overseas and get tax breaks. you can invest in a comp
he keeps saying i want to take detroit bankrupt. he took chrysler bankrupt. when you say i want to take the auto industry bankrupt, you actually did. i think it is important to know that was a process that was necessary to get those companies back on their feet so they could hire more people. that is what happened. >> candy, what governor romney said is not true. you wanted to take them into bankruptcy without providing them any way to stay open. we would have lost a million jobs. do not...